Bob Costas Famous Quotes & Sayings

I did some stage when I was a kid, around 16 or so. I was living in Melbourne and had a band. I was quite young. We weren't very good. Then I found a band in Perth. We played around for three years. We're in the 'History of Rock'N'Roll,' a book about Perth music. — Paul Eenhoorn

My job is to take care of the possible and to trust God with the impossible. — Ruth Graham

You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside. — Julius Erving

James Leininger's story is the most compelling evidence so far for reincarnation. — T. J. MacGregor

You won't reach anywhere... if you lie! — Deyth Banger

A lot of people say, 'Wow, you're a single father of twin boys, that's crazy!' Two toddlers can get hectic, but I wouldn't change it for anything. Every day they teach me different things. The love is there. When you have a two-year-old saying every other hour, 'Papi, te amo. Papi, I love you,' it can't get better. — Ricky Martin

Sometimes there's nothing you can do. [ ... ] Sometimes they don't have enough to fight with. — Tamora Pierce

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals. — Joshua Lederberg

It is almost always a bad idea to use a reverse mortgage to pay for a vacation or to buy a risky investment, like stocks or deferred annuities. — Charles Duhigg

A world where it is safe to love is a world where it is safe to live — Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio

Darkness always had its part to play. Without it, how would we know when we walked in the light? It's only when its ambitions become too grandiose that it must be opposed, disciplined, sometimes - if necessary - brought down for a time. Then it will rise again, as it must. — Clive Barker

With so many amazing artists on one bill, we expect this concert to be incredibly powerful in its ability to raise both money and awareness for the long-term rebuilding effort we must all support. — Brad Delson

Suppose I were to give you a key ring [ ... ] with a hundred keys, and I were to tell you that one of these keys will unlock it, this door we're imagining opening in onto all you want to be, as a player. How many of the keys would you be willing to try?'
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'Well I'd try every darn one,' Rader tells Lyle.
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'Then you are willing to make mistakes, you see. You are saying you will accept 99% error. The paralyzed perfectionist you say you are would stand there before that door. Jingling the keys. Afraid to try the first key. — David Foster Wallace

Every generation tailors history to its taste. — Ada Louise Huxtable